Update after follow up appointments

Good morning everyone!

When we were discharged from the hospital, some regular follow up appointments were scheduled with different specialists in order to follow progress and get more in depth study of a couple different things.  So, we had a couple of these appointments at U of M Masonic Children's Hospital yesterday.  The appointments and results are as follows:

Pediatric Urology:  These guys are primarily dealing with Isaiah's main injury to his kidney and the associated ureteral stent that was placed to properly drain his urine from his kidney to his bladder due to his own ureter having a slight tear in it near his kidney.  To the right is a pic of a ureteral stent for reference.

The urologist was great.  Laid back and took time to answer any and all questions we had.  I think we landed up taking about 45 minutes with him.  In the end, there was nothing he was concerned about and recommended scheduling removal of the stent in about 2-3 weeks.  This is done in an outpatient setting and is fairly quick and painless.  They will remove the stent, shoot some contrast dye up there, and take an x-ray to check for any leakage.  If there is no leakage, the ureter is considered healed up and life goes on.  If there is leakage, they would replace the stent for another period of time, but that scenario is considered somewhat unlikely.  So, all in all, good news from Isaiah's pediatric urologist.

Pediatric Cardiology:  These guys were almost an afterthought that was added on from the original hospital stay.  While in the Pediatric ICU, Isaiah underwent a lot of tests.  One of which was a EKG on his heart.  The Dr's noticed a slight irregularity in his normal heart rhythm that is completely unrelated to his primary injury.  It is called Wolf Parkinson's White.  Click on the link for more information.  After review of another EKG and results from a 48 halter monitor study, the initial conclusion is that there is an extra conduction pathway in Isaiah's heart.  However, it appears to be fairly weak as it does not show irregularity when his heart is beating at faster rates like it would during exercise or other activity.  So, that is a really good thing.  We will have to go back in 6 months to see an Electrophysiologist to make sure this is absolutely correct.  If it is, the likely outcome is that nothing will have to be done which would be a huge praise.  As an FYI, many people have WPW and don't even know it cause they have never been hooked to any test that would show it, so it could already definitely be a praise that it has been caught in Isaiah now rather than later in his teens or after when a more severe complication could have resulted.

So, all in all, it was a lengthy day, but one that we have much to be thankful for.  Isaiah is continuing to heal, there was no additional complications or road blocks introduced, and Isaiah got to eat tacos that he had been craving for most of the day.

Again, thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers.  Our God is stronger.